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Allergens
An allergen is a substance that can cause an allergic reaction. In some people, the immune system recognizes these substances as foreign or dangerous and therefore it reacts and makes an antibody to defend against the allergen. Common allergens include tree nuts, dairy, and eggs.
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SEP 16, 2016Videos
Science portrayed in movies is, unsurprisingly, usually farfetched and largely separated from reality. However unrealist ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 09, 2016Immunology
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Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 15, 2016Health & Medicine
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As spring and summer approaches, allergy sufferers are bemoaning the ever-increasing pollen count. According to the Amer ...APR 09, 2016Videos
Skin is the largest organ in the human body. It plays an important role as the barrier between your important internal o ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetMAR 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
After receiving a bone marrow transplant, a 46-year-old man reportedly acquired a new fruit allergy to kiwis. The myster ...MAR 21, 2016Immunology
Were you born in the summer, fall, winter or spring? Scientists believe that birth season impacts risk of developing cer ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAR 04, 2016Immunology
All food allergies are not created equal. In fact, researchers from the University of Southampton set out to prove just ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 12, 2016Immunology
Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient that must be obtained from the environment; the body does not make it on its own ...Written By: Kara MarkerJAN 08, 2016Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 14, 2015Immunology
Studies have shown that early exposure to farm animals reduces the risk of children developing atopic diseases, but scie ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 21, 2015Immunology
Last week allergy researchers from The Alfred and Monash University in Australia revealed a link between allergens in ce ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 10, 2015Immunology
Allergic reactions occur when the immune system overreacts to an environmental protein that's not threatening the bo ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 07, 2015Immunology
Our immune system is our protection against foreign invaders like harmful bacteria and viruses. When our immune cells re ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 14, 2015Plants & Animals
Are you able to tell the difference between a piece of tilapia versus a piece of grouper? What about of piece of wild sa ...Written By: Sarah HertrichJUN 26, 2015Neuroscience
While asthma medications that suppress inflammatory signaling by immune cells or dilate airways are effective, they can ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 24, 2015Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAPR 10, 2015Immunology
supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle ...Written By: Robert Woodard
SEP 16, 2016
Videos
Science portrayed in movies is, unsurprisingly, usually farfetched and largely separated from reality. However unrealist
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 09, 2016
Immunology
Food allergies, especially in children, are becoming more and more at the center of different kinds of research: immunol
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
It seems unlikely that being a musician could come with any big health risks. However, for one bagpiper from the U
...
JUL 27, 2016
Health & Medicine
Is ADAM to blame for the prevalence of asthma? Maybe, but it’s the gene and not the man. In a new study from the U
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 26, 2016
Health & Medicine
All antihistamine drugs on the market today block only the H1 receptor, but there are three more histamine receptors tha
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Starving immune cells of key nutrients thwarts their ability to launch an allergic response, according to new resea
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 26, 2016
Immunology
Despite a rapid growth in food allergy cases, the proportion of children with telltale food antibodies in their blood di
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 15, 2016
Health & Medicine
After completing intense exercise, over three thousand human genes are expressed to help the body recuperate. However, d
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 13, 2016
Videos
As spring and summer approaches, allergy sufferers are bemoaning the ever-increasing pollen count. According to the Amer
...
APR 09, 2016
Videos
Skin is the largest organ in the human body. It plays an important role as the barrier between your important internal o
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
MAR 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
After receiving a bone marrow transplant, a 46-year-old man reportedly acquired a new fruit allergy to kiwis. The myster
...
MAR 21, 2016
Immunology
Were you born in the summer, fall, winter or spring? Scientists believe that birth season impacts risk of developing cer
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAR 04, 2016
Immunology
All food allergies are not created equal. In fact, researchers from the University of Southampton set out to prove just
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 12, 2016
Immunology
Vitamin D is an essential micronutrient that must be obtained from the environment; the body does not make it on its own
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JAN 08, 2016
Immunology
Analysis of thousands of genes from the 1000 Genomes Project and genome sequences of ancient hominins has allowed scient
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 14, 2015
Immunology
Studies have shown that early exposure to farm animals reduces the risk of children developing atopic diseases, but scie
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 21, 2015
Immunology
Last week allergy researchers from The Alfred and Monash University in Australia revealed a link between allergens in ce
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 10, 2015
Immunology
Allergic reactions occur when the immune system overreacts to an environmental protein that's not threatening the bo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 07, 2015
Immunology
Our immune system is our protection against foreign invaders like harmful bacteria and viruses. When our immune cells re
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 14, 2015
Plants & Animals
Are you able to tell the difference between a piece of tilapia versus a piece of grouper? What about of piece of wild sa
...
Written By:
Sarah Hertrich
JUN 26, 2015
Neuroscience
While asthma medications that suppress inflammatory signaling by immune cells or dilate airways are effective, they can
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 24, 2015
Health & Medicine
Scientists have long suspected that respiratory viruses - the sort that cause common colds or bronchitis - play a critic
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 10, 2015
Immunology
supply is of everyone's utmost concern," but more research is needed to determine how best to avoid the transfer of alle
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard